18.01.19 – Our client, a 50-year-old woman from Ashford, Kent, underwent a laparoscopic oophorectomy (removal of ovary) at the William Harvey Hospital in June 2013.
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BBC Radio Kent discusses breast screening scandal with Fairweathers’ solicitor Kate Kennell
Fairweathers’ Solicitor Kate Kennell was interviewed at length this morning, by BBC Radio Kent, about the national breast screening blunder whereby 450,000 women, aged between 68 and 71, were not sent appointments for routine breast cancer screening by mammogram, from 2009 onwards.Continue reading this article
£40,000 Damages for Negligent Breast Reconstruction Following Cancer Treatment
Our client, a lady aged 52 from Gillingham, Kent underwent a lipo filling breast reconstruction surgery at the Spire St Saviours Hospital on the 1st August 2014. It was performed by Ms D Hassanally, General Surgeon specialising in Breast Reconstruction, and paid for privately.Continue reading this article
£30,000 recovered for gynaecological surgery negligence
Our client, a 53 year old woman from Ashford, Kent, suffered injury to the bowel mesentery during an operation for hysterectomy and pelvic floor repair at the Kings College Hospital (“KCH”) in London, in May 2013.Continue reading this article
£30,000 for woman who suffered PTSD following post-partum Haemorrhage
In April 2015, at the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital, the Claimant delivered a baby girl. The placenta was inspected post delivery and the midwife queried whether it was complete; a doctor then noted that the placenta was complete and the Claimant was discharged home.Continue reading this article
£16,250 in damages for missed and untreated labial tear
Our Client, a 24 year old woman at the time of the negligence, gave birth to her first child at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Farnborough, Bromley in March 2012.
She suffered a tear to her labia but this was misdiagnosed as a “small graze” and therefore was not sutured.Continue reading this article
£60,000 in damages for botched C section repair
Our client, a lady from Chatham, was admitted to the Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham in February 2011 to give birth to her second child.Continue reading this article
Woman secures £22,500 after failed double mastectomy at London hospital
Our client, a young woman from Tonbridge, Kent, was diagnosed in 2010 with the BRCA1 gene and elected to have a bilateral mastectomy at Guy’s Hospital under the care of Breast Surgeon, Mr Doeuk. Breast implants were inserted in October 2010. Continue reading this article
£14,000 recovered for negligent gynaecological surgery
Our client, Kate Harvey, aged 36, underwent surgery involving the removal of ovarian cysts at Southlands Hospital, Shoreham – by – sea, West Sussex on 1st October 2012.Continue reading this article
£62,000 recovered for loss of daughter.
Our clients, a couple from Rochester, suffered the tragic loss of their daughter following a C-section in August 2010 as a result of the failures of the Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust during the course of the labour.Continue reading this article